David McCabe reports: President Biden will nominate Alvaro Bedoya, an online privacy expert, for a seat on the Federal Trade Commission, putting another critic of the technology industry in a key position to regulate the sector, the White House said on Monday. Mr. Bedoya is a lawyer who has studied the way new technologies can…
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Should you get paid when websites record your mouse clicks? Here’s what a judge said
Ron Hurtibise reports: It looks like Florida internet users won’t be getting paid for visiting commercial websites that track their mouse clicks and keystrokes. Activity tracking software used by wholesale club Costco did not violate a state law barring wiretapping because it doesn’t intercept any “content,” a federal judge in Fort Lauderdale has ruled. Similar…
License Plate Readers Use Footage From Ring, Smartphones And ATMs To ID Vehicles
Joe Cadillic writes: Flock Safety’s license plate readers can now ID vehicles from any camera source. Basically, Flock Safety has turned every camera in the country into potential license plate readers. […] Flock Safety claims to care about the privacy of people living in HOA’s and neighborhood associations. All residents have to do to protect…
The detective in your DMs: Massachusetts appeal takes aim at police trawling social media, while L.A. cops are told to collect even MORE data
Thomas F. Harrison reports: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struggled Wednesday to figure out whether police can use trickery to conduct unlimited surveillance of social media accounts even if they have no reason to think that anyone did anything wrong. The justices seemed to think that officers can generally conduct undercover operations but they were…